conditions, while meeting public policy goals and approaches to consumer information and labeling
without compromising trade.
Exporting and Labeling
According to a policy memo issued
by Miles McEvoy of USDA on November 4, 2010, the NOP at USDA and
the Canadian Organic Office (COO)
at CFIA have agreed to a common attestation to identify compliance to
the terms of the equivalency. For the
purposes of customs entry, monitoring and enforcement, as well as certification and accreditation audits, the
following statement must appear on
documentation traveling with shipments of organic products traded
across the border:
“Certified in compliance with the
terms of the US-Canada Organic
Equivalency Arrangement”
This attestation may be included
on the organic certificate, transaction certificate, statement on bill of
lading or purchase order, or any other affirmative attestation. Without
this statement accompanying products destined for the Canadian mar-
ket (or vice versa) and verifiable by certifiers and government inspec-
tors, the products may be barred entry after June 30, 2011.
